00:00A guard of honour for the guest of honour.
00:07Israeli President Isaac Herzog taking his time to greet children at this Jewish school
00:12in Sydney's east.
00:14Security outside Moriah College was tight.
00:17The President's schedule remains closely guarded amid concerns about protests.
00:23Last night as pro-Palestine protesters clashed with police across the city, President Herzog
00:29addressed thousands of Jewish Australians at the Convention Centre.
00:34And I'm here also to reinvigorate the important relations between our two strong democracies.
00:43This afternoon it was back to Bondi, this time joined by the Prime Minister to meet families
00:48at the Bondi Chabad, the religious home of many of those killed.
00:52It's very good that he came here to Australia and that I'm able to see him here.
00:59President Herzog met with the Governor-General here at Government House today before meeting
01:03with some of the first responders of the December 14 attack in a private reception.
01:09Still to come in his trip, a visit to Melbourne and to Canberra where more controversy awaits.
01:15President Herzog should not set foot in Australia's democratic building, our federal parliament.
01:21President Herzog is here primarily to provide comfort for people who not only need it but
01:29they deserve it at this time.
01:32And I will not, I will not as a number of the crossbenchers have suggested, walk away from
01:39my support for his presence here.
01:42A forceful defence of someone the Prime Minister says deserves respect.
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